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Police arrest two for pornography distribution

Date Posted: 2011-11-18

A 35-year-old self-employed man and a 29-year-old part-time worker have been arrested and confessed to distributing pornographic materials.

Makoto Shikiya, 35, of Oyama district of Ginowan City and Hajime Kinjo of the Gusukuma district of Urasoe City were nabbed on charges of distributing obscene DVDs and offering them for sale. Ginowan City Police made the arrests after searching a DVD shop in the Isa district of Ginowan, where Kinjo worked. They confiscated 3,000 items, including DVDís. Police also busted a DVD shop in the Akebono district of Naha, and another DVD Shop, Video Shokai, managed by Shikiya, in Arakaki district of Nakagusuku. In each store, DVDs were confiscated.

Ginowan City Police investigators say the two men have been charged with selling the DVDs that contained obscene action without the required mosaic. DVDís reportedly were being sold for •12,000 each. The police conducted the raids on the three shops simultaneously at 5 p.m. In the Ginowan shop, police found many of the DVDs lined on store shelves.

Ginowan Police are investigating the relationship between the raided shops, including how the procurement system was handled by them, since the DVDs were all similar.